Railroad-tie.



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RAILROAD TIB. Anuuu'lox Hman nu 1. 1910.

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GRANT C. GREEN, 'OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS RAILROAD-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patent-cd Nov. 8, v1910.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,981.

T0 all whom it Imay concern.'

Be it known that I, GRANT C. Gueux, a

citizen of the United States of America, rej siding at Beaumont, in the county of Jefferson and State of Texas, have invented certainv new anduseful Im Jrovements in Railroad-Ties, of which the ollowing is a speci fication, referenceI being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in railway tics, and has for its ob] ect to provide rail-supporting and securing means adapted to be mounted referably on concrete ties by means of wliic 4the jarring and straining incident to the passing of cars over the ties will be reduced to a minimum..

Other objects and advantages of my in-. vention will appear in the course of the foltional view on the line 3-3,of Fig. 1, look-- ing towardtlie side of the rail. Fig. 4 is a viewof that portion of the rail plate in` which the i'ziilV channel is located. l

Referring to the drawiiigs,which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, `1 desi nates the tie, which is constructed prefera ly of substantially equal quantities of cement and Shar sand, and has arranged longitudinally o and embedded in the teduring the process of -molding a plurality of twisted steel rods 2. Only a 'Section of the tie adjacent one of the rail- Suppoi'ting and securing means is shown as.

the other rail-supporting .and securin means, at the other end of the tie, is a duplicate thereof, and, hence, an illustration and description of oneof them will sufiice for both; The base or under face 3 of the tie is fromthe base for a short distance and then inclinedslightly toward each other, as at 5, to a flat top 6.

In the top 6, and near each end thereof, are wide, shallow, transverse recesses or dei pressions/T, which" extend across thetop of the tie and are provided with parallel, vertical sides 8; Centrally of each recess Tis a circular socket oraperture 9, which extends vand securing well into the tie and at right angles to the top 6 thereof. Fitting in each recess '7 is an oblong rail plate 10, preferably of male' leable cast iron, which extends above the top (5 of the tie, as illustrated. The rail plate 10 is secured in position in the recess by ,means of bolts 11, preferably four in number, two arranged near cach end of the plate. The bolts pass through apertures 12 in the rail plato, which apertures register with threaded apertures 13 formed' in metal blocks 14. The blocks 1l are preferably molded in the. tie with their upper faces flush with the surfaceof the bottom ofthe recess 7. One side 14a of each block is down wardly and outwardly inclined from the top to the bottom to give a rmer hold in the tie and prevent its withdrawal if for any4 reason the block should work loose.

Centrally of the rail plate 10 is a trans verse depression or rail channel 15 havin perpendicular, arallel sides.

Centrally o the rail. charme 15, which is made of sni-. cient width to accommodate the baseA of the'A desiredweight-of rail, is a circular aperture 16, which is-the Width `of the channel and is .theA .same diameter as the socket 9 andA .n In the bottom of the" Ysocket 9 is a circular metal plate 17 on which registers with it.

rests the bottom of a coil sprin 18'." Thecoil spring is of a diameters. litt e less than that of the socket 9, so that it can be readily positioned in and removed from the socket. The upper portion ofthe coil spring extends up through the aperture 16 and abuts against the under side of the base 19 of a. rail 20 positioned in the rail channel 15 and holds the base of the rail above the bottom of thev channel, as shownpin Fig. 1. i' The base of the rail, at one side, is held in therail channel b means of a lu or rejection 21, pro

vide with a be'Vele :un er side 21., which is integral with the rail late 10 and over hangs the top of the rail ase at one side of the web 20n of the rail. In the rail late 10,

the railv channel 15, is a threaded aper ture 22 and screwed therein is a bolt 23pmv'ided with an eccentric head 24, the under side 25 of which is beveled and is ada ted to extend over the top of the base 19 of t e rail 'opposite the lng 21 und on the ot er side fiat with the sides 4 rising perpendicularly o chair carri projection 21, and the beveled under side 25 of the bolt 23.

When a train passes, the rails are forced down against the tension of the coil springs 18, and, hence, the jar and shock to the tie great advantage ofv is minimized, and the this is apparent, as it 1s well-known that the heavy jarring and straining to which composition ties, -owing to their rlgidity, are :subjected by trafiic soon renders them unfit for further service. So also. with In tie will the jar and shock to the rails an rolling stock be 'roportionately reduced.

What Pclaim is 1. A tie provided with a socket, a rail chair carried by said tie, said rail chair being providedwith a transverse recess, said recess being provided with a centrally located aperture registering with said socket,

.a lug overhanging said aperture and adapted to engage one side of a rail base,l a spring seated in said socket and adapted to contact with the base of a rail, said rail chair being provided opposite said lug with a threaded opening and a securing bolt mountved in said vthreaded opening to engagethe other side of a rail base.

2. A tie by said tie, said chair being provided with an opening registering 4With said socket, a spring mounted in said socket and projecting through said opening, means .for retaining -a rail within said chair said rovided with a socket, a rail- 'underside of said grail to normal above the bottom of said rail channel.

rail restin upon said s ring, a plurality of metallic b ocks mounte in said tie and rovided With threaded openings, said c air being rovided 'with openings registering with said threaded openings and bolts passing through said openings and" into said threaded openings to retain said channel in place.

3. A cement tie provided at each end With a transverse scat, each of said seats being provided with a ,centrally located socket, a rail chair mounted in each seat, means for retaining said chair Within said seat, said chair being provided with an aperture ret,- isterinv wlth said socket and means for detachaby retaining a -rail within said chair. 4. A tie provided with a socket, a rail channel carried by said tie, a rail adapted to be positioned 1n said rail channel, said rail channel being provided With an aper ture, said aperture in the rail channel being adapted to register with said socket, and a spring positioned in said socket and adapted to project through the aperture in said rail channel and to bear a ainst the ly hold it Iniestmony 'whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' GRANT C. GREEN. Witnesses:

. A. C. soN,

vC. CARSTARPHEN. 

